Signal



May' 29, 1923. 1,457,057

G. DANIELS SIGNAL Filed Feb. 5. 1923 s sheets-sheet l May 29, 1923. 1,457,057

G. DANIELs SIGNAL Filed rieb. 5, 1923 s sheets-sheet 2 May 29, 1923. 1,457,057

` G. DANIELS S IGNAL Filed Feb. 5. 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 5- Fatented May 29, 19235.

-enoasn namens; or srIonIs, MISSOURI.

l sIGIvAIi i "Alipiicatiniiiea reti-ilary 5, 192s. seraiNb sir/,035.

trians and vehicle drivers vas to the route to` be taken.

, Anotherobject is Vto provide an apparatus of this character which is simple, strong and etiicient and which responds quicklyto the movement of the' actuating lever.

lVith the Aforegoing and other objectsin viewy which will appear as the description proceeds.v the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the'invention herein disclosed may be v made within the scope of what is claimed withoutA departing from the spirit o" `the inventionl v- In the accompanying drawings l Figure 1 represents a yvertical sectionof they casing in which this signal is mounted with the signal and its cooperating'parts shown in elevation.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken onthe line Q-2 of Figi.

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on theline 3 -3 of Fig. 1. l y

Fig, #l is a detail perspectiveview of one of the cable operating arms ofthe device. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the signal.

Fig. Gis a horizontalsection taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 7, and n Fig. 7 is an enlargeddetail vertical section of the upper portion of the signal with two of the direction rindicating arms vshown in elevated position.

In the embodiment illustrated, a frame 1 is shown preferably of angle iron enclosed in a casing 2 of any suitable material to protect the regulating parts offthesignal. An uprightshaft 8 is mounted to rotate in the top and Vbottom members ofthe frame l for a purpose presently to be described. A base plate 4 is riveted or otherwise secured tok-the top of.casingQi'overth'e'bearing in which the 'shaft' 3 is joll'llled and'hasa head 10 rising thereipm`- whichlincludesI i pairs or 'guidearms 11 arranged diametri' cally opposite each other, as .show'n clearly in `Fig. 5, four pairs of these'jarms being ernp'loyed. The arms :12and 130i each pair are spaced laterally' apart f1to form guides' i for-the signaling wings to be described, and

these arms are connected at 'their onter'en'ds by transverse rods-14 which'also operate as stops to limit the downward swinging move-,f

ment of the direction indicating wings.,v Four direction indicating wings, 15,116,

17 andv 18 are employed, thosel andl being arranged 'diametrically opposite f each other, those 17 and 18 being',arrangedl in' 1 transverse alinement and in planes at right.v

angles tog the' wingsy 15, and lfas shown clearly in Fig. 5.

The direction indicatingj'wi'ngs are' preti erably ma de arcuate in form as vshown clearly at their inner endsbetween the members'12` and 13 of the guide arms. 11. The b'odyp'or! tions 'of these wings beyondf'their'pivots125 in Figs@ and?v and are p'ivotall'y mounted are s'uiiciently heavy to cansethe wings to drop into lowered inoperative positionwhen released, l

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and 'atpoints spaced vertically 4rfr'or'if'each vother are two ,armsQO and 21, which extend4 in planes at'right angle'sto veachtc'ithe-r 'as i' is shownfclearly in Fig.` 2. yTo 'free 'ends of loops 22,- th e,loop at oneendet eachVv arm .90 these arms are securedlaterallyextending 'i erf-tending in an opposite directiony to that 'i at the' other end'and thronghwhich fareldfc i I signed to pass .actuating cords or'cablesQB' which-are connected at one end"totl'ie'v inner'` ends of the `direction indicating wings ,and i rotated7 a pull will'b'e exertedontwo ofthe cords andithereby ,swing the corresponding actuating wingsuinto upright operativeoperat'their other ends to the'cornersiof ,they traine 1, so that 'when `the, shaft 3' is partiallyf-` ating position als shown in Figs. 1and"7. A'

` turn of the shaftin the opposite direction will relievethe pressure or pull exerted on the two first mentioned arms and exert a pull on the 'other arms causing them to rise into upright position and the first actuated arms to drop by gravity.

the cables 23gare designed to pass, said cables engaging the pulleys so that there will be no binding of the cables during their operation.

A pinion 26 is fixed; tothe sli-att 3 at a point near its lower end and meshes with a rack bar 2T which is mounted to slide transversely in the frame 2, being of a )length greater than the Width otthe casing 2 and projectingthrough the opposite walls thereof.K4 Une end of the rack bar 27 is. housedin a casing 2 8 securedy to the'outerI face otcasingy 2 and said rack bar has an upturned'tinger 29 which is designed to limitt-he reciprocatory movement ot' the bar in directions. This tingen 29 in the bar is moved in one directionand engages the inner Wall ot'cas ing` 2S and whenI moved in the opposite direction engages the outer Wall'of said casing soy that the rack bar may move a predetermined distance only.

T heet-,her projecting end of the bar 27. has al pinandslot connection with a lever 30antermediate the ends thereof as is. shown clearly in Fig. 1. Thislever 30 is fulcrumed at its lower end toabraclet 3l which issecured to the outer tace of' the casing 2 at, apointy diametrically.opposite the. casing 28. This lever 30 is equipped at itsfupperj end witha, hand grip 320i any suitable or de* siredf construction.

Inthe use ofsthissignalwhich maybe located` at any de asiredU point preferably4 at a streetcrossing, the operator standsfin convenient position; to view the directions in.

whchth p@destranst andfdrvers approach,

i andby shifting thellever 30' in4 one direction or the other Will' actuate the pairs oswinging` Wings to direct pedestrians anddrivers in Whatdirecti'ontliey shallgo. The inward movement,ofatlieilever 3,0 Wllmove ,the .rack

bar inwardlyl causing the. shaft. 3' to rotate andi exert. aI pull on tivol of' the cablesv 23' toA litgonepairof the-swinging direction indi;

catinggxvings While an. outward movement o t this,` lever Will relieve the pull on these Wings, andfexertapull on the opposite pair otg'wings, causingthem to rise into direction indicating position.

It is ot course understood that any suitable protect-ion may be providedltor the operator, 1but n as thatconstitutes. no` part ot' "the invention such protectingmeans are not shown., f

Various changes inthe form,shape, proportion `and other minor details 01El construction may be made without, departing trom the principle or sacrificing any otI the advantages ot' the claimed invention.

I claim,:- Y

l. In a signal of the class described, a supporting structure, a shaft mounted to rotate therein, movable indicating Wings mounted on said structure, arms secured to said shaft, guides carriedby said arms, cables connected at one end with said sWinging' members andv at theirother ends with said structure and passing through theY guides of the arms, and means forrotatingthe shaft inA opposite directions whereby the Wings are alternately raised and lowered.

2. In a signalv of the class described, a supporting structure, a vertical shaft mounted'to rotate therein, vertically movable-*indieating Wings mounted on said structure' above said shaft, arms secured to said shaftv and extending in planes at right angles to each other, guides carried by said arms, cables connected at one end With sait i swinging` members and atY theirl other ends with: said structure and passing' through the guides ot the arms, and! means fonrotatingthe shat'tinopposite directions, wherebythe swinging' wingsare alternately raised; andl lowered.

3; In a Vsignal ot the class described, a supporting structure, a head; mounted on the upper endof said structureand includ# ing. pairs of oppositelyv extending` guideV arms, the arms of each pair being late-rally spaced and connected at' their outer ends,

an arcuate Wing' pivotally mounted ati one end between each pair, of said arms and' adapted'to rest" at its free end on the connection at the outer endthereof,- cables connectingt `the pivoted ends ofsaidv Wingsl With said'structru'e, a shafty mountedfor rotation in said structure, arms. fixed tosaid shaft and'havingguides through Whichpsaid cables DaSS, and means forrotating` the shaft. toexert' a pullon alternate pairsot the cables. for raising and lowering the swiiigli'rlp,l Wings.

ntestimony that I claim the toregoingas my own, I'have hereto afiiXed'uiy, signature iu the presence o'ttwo witnesses,

GEORGEV DANIELSL 

